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Deuteronomy 3:7

5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

6 We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.

8 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

9 which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

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BSB
But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.
KJV
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
WEB
But all the livestock, and the plunder of the cities, we took for plunder for ourselves.
ASV
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
DARBY
But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
BLB
And all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we plundered for ourselves.
ÅB
Men alt feet og hærfanget fra byene tok vi til bytte.
OTB
Men alt buskapen og byttet fra byene tok vi for oss selv.
B1930
Men alt feet og hærfanget fra byene tok vi til bytte.

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